CVE-2024-8534
Published: 12 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-8534 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 19.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-49549
Vulnerability details
Memory safety vulnerability leading to memory corruption and Denial of Service in NetScaler ADC and Gateway if the appliance must be configured as a Gateway (VPN Vserver) with RDP Feature enabled OR the appliance must be configured as a Gateway…
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(VPN Vserver) and RDP Proxy Server Profile is created and set to Gateway (VPN Vserver) OR the appliance must be configured as a Auth Server (AAA Vserver) with RDP Feature enabled
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Memory protections (e.g., W^X, ASLR) make exploitation of buffer-boundary violations far harder to turn into code execution.
Ongoing control assessments and code testing (static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing) surface memory buffer restriction failures, which are then remediated before release.
Managed runtimes used by platform-independent applications (e.g., JVM, CLR) enforce memory safety, preventing most buffer overflows that require direct memory manipulation.
Detects exploitation attempts that produce memory corruption, crashes, or anomalous behavior.